The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) is pleased to present the world premiere of Bridgman/Packer Dance's Double Expose, March 25-28, 2010, in BAC's Howard Gilman Performance Space.
Bridgman/Packer Dance's newest work, Double Expose, is a fantastical, raucous, sensual exploration of identity, relationship, and the human psyche. With a nod to classical icons of cinema, choreographer/performers Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, along with a multitude of their video counterparts, embody a range of archetypal personae. Blending live camera, animation, and prerecorded urban settings, Bridgman and Packer create multilayered perspectives and surreal mindscapes amid a highly-charged alchemy of the live and the virtual. Double Expose includes original live music by composer Ken Field, video by Peter Bobrow, animation by Karen Aqua, and lighting design by Frank DenDanto III. The program also includes their acclaimed work, Under The Skin, with music by Ken Field, and video by Peter Bobrow and Jim Monroe.
Performances are March 25-28, 2010 (Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sunday at 4:00 pm), in the Howard Gilman Performance Space at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues) in New York City. Tickets are $20 and available through SmartTix:
www.smarttix.com or 212-868-4444.
Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer have collaborated in choreography and performance since 1978. In New York City their work has been presented by Lincoln Center,
City Center's Fall for Dance Festival, 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, Dance New Amsterdam, Central Park Summerstage, and the DanceNowNYC Festival. They have toured throughout the United States performing at festivals and art centers, including
Spoleto Festival USA, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the Florida Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival, the Maine Festival, Dance St. Louis, and Philadelphia's
Annenberg Center. They have appeared abroad in Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Singapore, China, and throughout Central America. Bridgman and Packer have been guest artists at more than 150 universities, including New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Ohio State University, Arizona State University, and the University of Utah.
In recognition of their collaborative work, Bridgman and Packer were awarded a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship. They are also recipients of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, USArtists International, Performing Americas Project, National Performance Network, and La Red. They have received two Choreography Fellowships, as well as a BUILD grant, from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and three National Performance Network's Creation Fund Awards. Bridgman and Packer were selected as 2005-06 Dance Theater Workshop Digital Fellows and were highlighted in Dance Magazine's May 2006 issue on Great Partnerships. Their work in live performance and video technology is featured in the 2009 book "Gegenwelten, Zwischen Differenz und Reflexion" (Against Worlds, Between Difference and Reflection) by Jurgen Schlader and Franziska Weber, published in Munich. For more information, visit: www.bridgmanpacker.org.
Peter Bobrow (video) is a filmmaker with a background in independent and experimental film. His credits include work for
20th Century Fox, HBO, Forensic Films, the BBC, Discovery Channel and PBS. He has worked on over 25 feature films. Recent projects include directing two seasons of the TV show Project Xtreme, producing the films The Wreck, A Very Serious Person and Building Girl; production managing on the films New York City Serenade and Off The Black and supervising music videos for The Secret Machines and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. (www.peterbobrow.com/about)
Ken Field (composer/musician) has recorded numerous CDs with his Revolutionary Snake Ensemble and the internationally acclaimed electrified modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. He has performed throughout the USA, Europe, and Asia (www.kenfield.org).
Karen Aqua (animation), based in Boston, has created animated films since 1976 exploring the themes of ritual, journeys, and transformation. . Her award-winning films have been screened nationally and internationally at film festivals, museums, and universities. (http://aquak.home.att.net/)
Frank DenDanto III (lighting) has designed for numerous dance and
Theater Productions, and his work and designs have been displayed at the
Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, The Museum of Art and Architecture and The New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC.
Double Expose is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Out/North (Anchorage), in partnership with Dance Umbrella (Austin) and NPN. Double Expose is also made possible, in part, by funding from a
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, DUO Multicultural Arts Center, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) opened its doors in New York City's Hell's Kitchen in November 2005. BAC serves as a creative laboratory, meeting place, and performance space for a vibrant community of artists from around the world. BAC is also dedicated to building audiences for the arts by presenting contemporary, innovative work at low or no cost to ticket buyers. In March 2010, BAC will open the
Jerome Robbins Theater, which will serve as an organic extension of the existing center, featuring multidisciplinary work, emerging talent, and
International Artists, and including artist-centered activity that fosters creative exploration.
For more information, please visit www.bacnyc.org.
